Who does the throwing?

[LastFootnote]

If you release an item in the upper half of the screen, it gets thrown forward. (It's a functionality I'm very glad was carried over from Dungeon Master.) My question is, which party member is doing the throwing? Is there any way to get my throwing-weapon specialist to take on this role?

[Jack Dandy]

Pretty sure it's done by whoever you picked the item from.

[Goffmog]

What if you just picked it up off the floor though? I've been wondering this too

[Zander]

That is a great question. I was kind of assuming that the top left character was throwing the item but that was only ever a gut feeling.

I'd love to know the actual answer.

[luthur1964]

Great question, in the original DM, you likely remember it was the highlighted character, of whom you could select. If any XP were to come of it, I imagine it is equally shared, but would like to know what the devs say.

[gambit37]

The real questions to ask are:

1) Do stats affect the distance of throwing items this way?
2) Does the "thrower" get experience for doing so?

If "No" to both, then it doesn't matter who's throwing these items...

[Rorrik]

I think it's prisoner 1, if I remember right, his hands go blackish for a second when you throw like that. If they don't, then that's a way to get an extra attack, or really fast attacks if you can shift pick up fast enough. Doesn't do much damage though.